story: CHAPTER XXX 
  
  THE RESCUE--CONCLUSION 
  
  The Rovers and the others on the steam tug could scarcely wait for the old man in the dilapidated rowboat to come up alongside. 
  
  "You have a message for us?" said Dick. "Hand it over, quick." 
  
  "The message says as how you-uns will pay me twenty-five dollars fer delivering of it in twenty-four hours," said the old man, cautiously. 
  
  "Who is it from?" 
  
  "It is signed Dora Stanhope and Nellie Laning." 
  
  "Give it to me--I'll pay you the money," cried Tom. 
  
  "All right, reckon as how I kin trust you-uns," said the old man. 
  
  It was Jake Shaggam, who had received the message the evening before. He had read it with interest and started out at daylight to find out something about the Rovers and where they might be located. Good fortune had thrown him directly in our young friends' way. 
  
  "This is really a message from the girls!" cried Tom, reading it hastily. "It is in Nellie Laning's handwriting." 
  
  "And Dora Stanhope has signed her name too," added Dick. "I know her signature well." 
  
  "Of course you do," put in Fred, dryly, but nobody paid attention to the sally. 
  
  "They are on the houseboat, and the craft is hidden up Shaggam Creek," put in Sam. He turned to the captain of the tug. "Where is Shaggam Creek?" 
  
  "This ere is Shaggam Creek, an' I'm Jake Shaggam," answered the hermit. "But you-uns said you'd pay me thet twenty-five dollars." 
  
  "I will," said Tom, and brought out the amount at once. 
questions: What was someone delivering?
questions: Who delivered it?
questions: What compensation did he expect?
questions: Who was the message from?
questions: Was the messenger young?
questions: Who spoke first to the messenger?
questions: Who agreed to pay for the letter?
questions: Who actually wrote it?
questions: Who signed it as well?
questions: Who upset Fred for knowing the signature?
questions: Who asked the captain a question?
questions: What did he ask him?
questions: Who answered him?
questions: Did Tom pay up?
questions: Within what time frame did it have to be delivered to receive the money?
answers: a message
answers: a message 
answers: Jake Shaggam
answers: Jake Shaggam
answers: twenty-five dollars
answers: twenty-five dollars
answers: Dora Stanhope and Nellie Laning
answers: Dora Stanhope and Nellie Laning
answers: No
answers:  old man
answers: Dick
answers: Dick
answers: Tom
answers: Tom
answers: Nellie Laning
answers: Nellie Laning
answers: Dora Stanhope
answers: Dora Stanhope
answers: Dick
answers: Dick
answers: Sam
answers: Sam
answers: Where is Shaggam Creek?
answers: Where is Shaggam Creek?
answers: the hermit
answers: the hermit
answers: yes
answers: "I will," said Tom, and brought out the amount at once. 
answers: in twenty-four hours
answers: in twenty-four hours